Resmed S8 AutoSet Spirit

Hello :

What is AUTOSET ? This means that the machine will do the write tritration to me ?

What this means : ?
AHI, Leak, AH and HI

Thnks a Lot.

Luis,

Luis, I know you don't understand English too good, so I will try to write so its easy to understand.

In Portugal, did they have to go to a hospital for a sleep test? A sleep test is when they hook you to wires, head to toe, to electronically test how you sleep and breath.

If you have sleep apnea, then they tell you how bad it is. And they give you a result - a pressure of air you need to keep your windpipe (throat) open. Keeping your throat open helps you to breath better.

That is what a "titrated pressure" is.

An Auto Cpap machine, is set close to that number.

But, maybe in Portugal, maybe they use an AutoSet to do the testing. Instead of going to the hospital.

Maybe someone else on the forum who speaks Portugese can post and help you much better than I can. I will post and ask.

Sorry.

i understood very well.
I done the sleep test. in seven hours i got 385 apeneas.

Thanks a lot

But i stil dont now waht those figures mean..

Thnks a lOT,

Luis,

Linda3032 wrote:Luis, I know you don't understand English too good, so I will try to write so its easy to understand.

In Portugal, did they have to go to a hospital for a sleep test? A sleep test is when they hook you to wires, head to toe, to electronically test how you sleep and breath.

If you have sleep apnea, then they tell you how bad it is. And they give you a result - a pressure of air you need to keep your windpipe (throat) open. Keeping your throat open helps you to breath better.

That is what a "titrated pressure" is.

An Auto Cpap machine, is set close to that number.

But, maybe in Portugal, maybe they use an AutoSet to do the testing. Instead of going to the hospital.

Maybe someone else on the forum who speaks Portugese can post and help you much better than I can. I will post and ask.

Sorry.

Babel fish translation which is probably a terrible translation.

Luis, eu sei que você não compreende o inglês demasiado bom, assim que eu tentarei escrever assim seu fácil de compreender. Em Portugal, tiveram que ir a um hospital para um teste do sono? Um teste do sono é quando o engancham aos fios, cabeça para toe, para testar eletronicamente como você dorme e respiração. Se você tiver o apnea do sono, então dizem-lhe como o bad ele é. E dão-lhe um resultado - uma pressão do ar que você necessita manter seu windpipe (garganta) abre. Mantendo suas ajudas abertas da garganta você à respiração melhores. Aquele é o que "titrated a pressão" é. Uma auto máquina de Cpap, é ajustada perto desse número. Mas, talvez em Portugal, talvez usam um AutoSet fazer testar. Em vez de ir ao hospital. Talvez alguma outra pessoa no forum que fala Portugese pode o afixar e ajudar a muito mais melhor do que eu posso. Eu afixarei e pedirei. Pesaroso.

[quote="Linda3032"]Luis, I know you don't understand English too good, so I will try to write so its easy to understand.

In Portugal, did they have to go to a hospital for a sleep test? A sleep test is when they hook you to wires, head to toe, to electronically test how you sleep and breath.

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This a coment about my sleep studies in english from a forum user.

I'm not a doctor, or sleep professional in any way. I'm a gradually self educated fellow cpap user - here's what I understand from those tables:

The tables in picture no.1 describe how the data was measured.

The other two picuture are the results.

Your sleep is badly disrupted (disturbed) by the many times you stop breathing.
RD - stands for Respiratory Distress (or Respiratory Disturbance)

OA - obstructive apnea is when you stop breathing because your airways close up and obstruct your breathing. You've got many of those - about 60 on the average every hour -meaning that not even a minute goes by before you're choking again.

CA - central apneas is when you stop breathing without obstructions. Your brain just doesn't give an instruction to breathe. This can happen for many reasons - for instance when you toss and turn in bed. You've got about 6 of those every hour.

MA - Mixed apnea are a combination of central apneas and obstructive apnes. You've got about 6 of those every hour.

OH - Obtsructive Hypo(a)pneas are times when your breathing is not entirely obstructed, by it is pratially obstructed. You've got 7.4 of those every hour.

Total AHI is the apnea+hypopnea index (no. of time per hour of all kinds of apneas + hypopneas)

The results of all those breathing disturbances are:
1. You never fall deeply asleep - you spend most of you time in stage 1 sleep - which is dozing - and stage 2 - light sleep. You are not getting the rest you need. Real rest occurs in stages 3, 4 and REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep - which is the dreaming part of normal sleep. The time you spend in variuos stages of sleep is your "sleep architecture". Your sleep architecture is disrupted by you breathing disturbances.

2. You also don't get enough oxygen (o2) into your blood. The oxygen saturation (SaO2) - average 76% is much lower than it should be in a healthy person. Not surprising considering that you are choking most of the time when you're trying to sleep. Not enough oxygen in your blood means not enough oxygen in any part or you body - since the blood is what brings the oxygen to where the body need it.

You did fall into light sleep quickly (this is the latencey), and you were(lightly) asleep for most of the time you spent in bed. And, according to these results, you only slept on your back.

These are all pre titration results. Titration is when they attempt to find out at which pressure you do best.

Since you already use an autopap you either already have titration results or else your doctor wisely decided not to wait any longer, and start you off immediately with a machine that will attempt to find out the pressure you need.

Based on the numbers on your tables, you have severe sleep apnea.
And you should make every possible effort to use the machine each and every time you go to sleep - and that means naps as well. Each and every time, no ifs and buts.

The good news is that if you make sure to use the cpap each and every time you sleep, you have a very big chance of getting over the problems caused by your Obstructive Sleep Apnea.

You can find a very informative video about sleep apnea - what happens etc. - in the following site Understanding sleep disordered breathing (It takes time to load)

Hope this helps. Good luck!
O.

HI = hypopnea index

OI = obstructive apnea index

AHI = apnea/hypopnea index

Leak = index of leaks from your mask or mouth breathing

Does that help?